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A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House and Senate are readying a draft proposal that would provide an alternative to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act. Instead of using the courts to force search engines and ISPs to...

Users of smartphones and tablet computers are starting to get high-tech blues, as increasing numbers of the tech savvy are coming down with ailments from “text neck” to “text thumb injury”. Health experts in Britain have...

SAN BRUNO, California — YouTube on Thursday unveiled a major redesign that showcases television-style channels and promises slicker integration with other Google online properties. “We are trying hard to marry the best of TV and the best...

ISTANBUL — A group of Muslim businessmen unveiled plans in Turkey on Thursday for a Facebook-style social networking site with “healthy values” for a young, Islamic audience. SalamWorld.com, which will make its internet debut next...

Sen Al Franken (D-MN) on Thursday demanded the developer of hidden software included on virtually all new Android smartphones explain why the application logs and may transmit personal information. Called “Carrier IQ,” the software is supposedly...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange launched the website’s new project Thursday, the publication of files it claims shows a global industry that gives dictatorships tools to spy on their citizens. In parallel to Assange’s announcement,...

In the wake of the uproar that followed Raw Story’s reporting that iPhone’s Siri not only cannot help users figure out where to get an abortion but, in some cases, sends them to anti-abortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Apple finally...

Apple is facing pressure to update its Siri software — the virtual assistant on Apple’s new iPhone 4S — after Raw Story and numerous other media outlets reported the artificial intelligence is apparently not pro-choice. The...

If you own a smartphone, your device knows who your friends and family are. It knows where you are, where you’re going and, chances are, what you’ll be doing next. It even knows what you’re typing before you type it. But, what...

Quick cooling of hot stock market debuts by Internet darlings such as Groupon has fed fears of another speculative bubble, as social networking star Facebook prepares to go public. Local bargain community Groupon, professional social...

Facebook agreed to tighten its privacy policies in order to settle charges that it abused users’ personal data, the US Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday. The social networking giant pledged to strengthen customer consent rules on...

Ask the Siri, the new iPhone 4 assistant, where to get an abortion, and, if you happen to be in Washington, D.C., she won’t direct you to the Planned Parenthood on 16th St, NW. Instead, she’ll suggest you pay a visit to the 1st...